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Equities and the Economy U.S. equities continue to climb the wall of worry posting a second consecutive day of gains with the Dow closing up 80 points, 0.49%, at 16,417, the S&P 500 up 2 to 1,915 and the Nasdaq up 6 to 4,510. All rose in the face of marginally declining oil prices. I […]
Equities and the Economy Yesterday, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 16,337, 1,913 and 4,504, respectively. Let’s see how this compares to last Friday’s closes which is when we had our last Blog data. Last Friday the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at 16,466, 1,940 and 4,614, respectively. So we’ve little ground […]
Equities and the Economy In Friday’s Blog I stated that it looked like U.S. stocks on Thursday were gaining traction. Well on Friday they were like John Force at Lucas Oil Raceway screaming down the track at top speed and crossing the finishing line on their highs of the day. The Dow went ballistic closing […]
Equities and the Economy Just like the tires of your car for you in the northeast gaining traction with the ice melting, the U.S. equities market just might be gaining some traction. Yesterday the Dow rose a nice 126 points, 0.79%, to 16,070, the S&P 500 added 10, 0.53%, ending at 1,893 and the Nasdaq […]
Equities and the Economy The big news affecting the market yesterday was what the FOMC would say in its post meeting communique at 2:00 PM EST. As a matter of background, the message the Fed was sending in December 2015 was there would be multiple (4?) interest rate increases in 2016. Then oil prices and […]
Equities and the Economy After days of grief U.S. equities finally had a descent day with the Dow closing up 116 points, 0.74%, at 15,883, the S&P 500 up 10, 0.52%, to 1,869 while the Nasdaq closed flat to Wednesday at 4,472. Remember though that the Nasdaq performed relatively well during Wednesday’s Chernobyl so its […]
Equities and the Economy Waving the white flag. Throwing in the towel. Capitulation. All were done at 11:47AM Central time yesterday. That’s when the Dow was down a portfolio destroying 565 points from Tuesday’s close. Very fortunately we didn’t end there, although it was still a very, very ugly day. The Dow closed down a […]
Equities and the Economy FINALLY. A good day! And a big day! The Dow closed up 228 points, 1.41%, to 16,379, the S&P 500 added 32 points, 1.67%, ending at 1,922 and the Nasdaq rose 89 points, 1.97%, to 4,615. As good as it was, and up is way better than down, the Dow captured […]
Equities and the Economy U.S. stocks finally had a positive day yesterday with all three major indexes closing higher resulting in being the best day of the year so far! Whoo-hoo! The Dow rose 117 points, 0.72%, finishing at 16,516, the S&P 500 climbed 15, 0.80%, to 1,939 and the Nasdaq closed 1.04% up, 48 […]
